Overview

• RTL Zwei aired the film on 21 September 2025 at 20:15, with streaming included on Disney+ and purchase or rental available on platforms such as Amazon.
• Coverage renews long-standing critiques, including a visible Arizona Memorial that was not built until 1962 and Japanese carriers depicted with 1950s jet-catapult technology.
• Further technical disputes involve aircraft details, citing P-40 variants entering service later than shown and Zeros portrayed in the wrong color.
• Veterans Kenneth Taylor and Jack Leaming are quoted condemning the portrayal as over-sensationalized and insufficiently respectful of those who served.
• The high-budget production paired box-office success with four technical Oscar nominations and several Razzie nods, cementing its polarized reputation.